Crossword clues for entreating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Entreat \En*treat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating.] [OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat.]
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To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [Obs.]
Fairly let her be entreated.
--Shak.I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well.
--Jer. xv. 11. -
To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. ``Entreat my wife to come.'' ``I do entreat your patience.''
--Shak.I must entreat of you some of that money.
--Shak.Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
--Poe.Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife.
--Gen. xxv. 21. -
To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade.
It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat.
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To invite; to entertain. [Obs.] ``Pleasures to entreat.''
--Spenser.Syn: To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of entreat English)
Usage examples of "entreating".
He burrowed his face into her neck, entreating the comfort that she never denied him.
And he took subtly and brutally - all your energy, your strength, and your perception,' Afra said, his tone very gentle, his eyes entreating her forgiveness for his candid words.
Instinctively she leaned into his body, accepting support, unconsciously entreating sympathy, and his arms closed about her, his chin on her head as they had so often stood after a good cutting.
Next day, to make an end of it, he went with the mayor and some lords and citizens to Bayard Castle, by the river, where Richard then was, and read an address, humbly entreating him to accept the Crown of England.
He wrote a miserable letter to the King, beseeching and entreating to be allowed to see him.
And all about me, as if at a signal, they were falling on their knees, entreating me for mercy, and pity, and succor, and all the things I could not give.
For miles around, from every ruined village, farm, town, and steading, they had flocked to me, bringing their sores and burns, entreating my blessing.
Adults and children alike, we kneeled in the icy cavern about the bowl with the flame, entreating forgiveness for the hubris which had angered them.
Thorpe, however, would see her to her chair, and, till she entered it, continued the same kind of delicate flattery, in spite of her entreating him to have done.
She spoke to Henry Tilney on the subject, regretting his brother's evident partiality for Miss Thorpe, and entreating him to make known her prior engagement.
The moment they were alone, Madame seized the opportunity of entreating her husband to explain the scene she had witnessed.
The moment he was gone she sent a note to Theodore, entreating his permission to call in the assistance of the physician.
Adeline and Clara united in entreating that he would compose himself, and take some refreshment, and Louis urging the necessity of preparing Theodore for the interview, prevailed with him to delay it till his son should be informed of his arrival, and immediately quitted the inn for the prison of his friend.
Swiveller’s accomplishments, she took every opportunity of whispering into Miss Sophy’s ear expressions of condolence and sympathy on her being worried by such a ridiculous creature, declaring that she was frightened to death lest Alick should fall upon, and beat him, in the fulness of his wrath, and entreating Miss Sophy to observe how the eyes of the said Alick gleamed with love and fury.